The Academic Council

• it is consulted by the Board of Directors on the principles for setting the budget and faculty framework;
• it delivers opinions to the Board of Directors on all matters relating to the use of teaching resources and the allocation of human resources ;
• it is empowered to draw up, in consultation with the Rector's Council, plan proposals concerning new teaching and research strategies;
• it issues proposals relating to studies, examinations and, in general, to the pedagogical organization of the institution;
• it delivers an opinion on all requests for new accreditation, on all training projects as well as on proposals to discontinue courses ;
• it adopts the regulations governing studies and examinations, prepared by the teaching administration, for approval by the Board of Directors;
• it approves faculty regulations;
• it ensures consultation and coordination in academic matters (teaching and research) between faculties and between faculties and interfaculty services;
• on the basis of proposals put forward by the research council, it issues an opinion on projects relating to the organization of research;
• it issues an opinion on any proposal to reorganize the structure of faculties;
• it adopts the rolling plan of scientific missions within the framework of a budget envelope set by the board of directors.

Deans are elected for a four-year term, renewable once. Unless an exemption is requested by the Faculty Council and granted by the Board of Directors, they are chosen from among the faculty's full-time professors. Deans are responsible for the day-to-day running of their faculty, playing an essential role as intermediaries between the authorities and the day-to-day lives of students and faculty staff.